Odisha to increase seats in government colleges by 20 percent | Business Standard News
May 13, 2015
Odisha Higher Education Minister Pradeep Panigrahi on Wednesday said the
state government has taken an in-principle decision to increase the number of seats in government colleges by 20 percent from the current academic session.
The decision means about
one lakh more seats in +2 and +3 colleges, said Panigrahi.
The minister said it would help the students wanting to pursue higher education in government colleges.
The decision has been necessitated by a higher pass percentage in this year's matriculation examination, he said.
Meanwhile, the
government has decided to offer Bachelor of Education and Master of Education courses in 29 government colleges and six universities in Odisha from 2016-17 to address the
huge shortage of trained teachers in the state.
Odisha to increase 1,035 more seats in 5 Government engineering colleges, VSSUT, Odisha Current News, Odisha Latest Headlines
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Odisha Government decided to increase
1,035 more seats in five Government engineering colleges and Vir Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT) in Burla on Monday.
These five engineering colleges are the Keonjhar Government College of Engineering in Keonjhar, Kalahandi Government Engineering College in Kalahandi, College of Engineering and Technology (CET) in Bhubaneswar, Parala Maharaja Engineering College in Gajapati and Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology (IGIT), Sarang in Dhenkanal district.
The seats would be increased in the BTech, MTech, MSc and Integrated Dual Degree (IDD) courses. The Government also decided to allow the students to take admission in the additional seats from the current academic session.
Now see the situation regarding the vacant seats .
Odisha to reform high school education system - The Hindu
BHUBANESWAR, June 22, 2014
In 2012-13 academic session, while 22,570 students took admissions in engineering (B.Tech) programme, 21,672 remained vacant. In the subsequent year (2013-14), situation worsened with less number of students opted engineering programme.
Out of total 45,844 intake capacity in engineering programme, 21,998 students joined the programme while 23,846 seats had no takers.
Contrary to the demand of promoters of private engineering colleges for greater autonomy in admission process, the minister informed, “to fill up vacant seats, counselling is done in different phases and regular public announcements are put out in newspapers and electronic media to inform students. Hence, the need for changing the existing counselling process has not been felt.”